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marcgravell
@marcgravell
8yo: "I've put my tooth in my room but I'm not saying where - it is to see if the tooth fairy is real or not" - this shit…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"At this point you will think: trees. It's a reasonable thought." https://t.co/1HEPb0hebr

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Top million most common passwords, by length. Source: https://t.co/cdZRFLpLvt https://t.co/FhZ8uZvWRw

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@zlkerbaz @christianlanza my original tweet is from 11 Aug 2015!

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Password rules frustrate experts, befuddle users, and make us *less* secure: https://t.co/0gf3j4UQkg https://t.co/gporb9FNCJ
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BBCNewsbeat
@BBCNewsbeat
Our favourite live TV moment of the week by far 👶😂 https://t.co/GXSCUl5hYI

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Password Rules Are Bullshit https://t.co/0gf3j4UQkg
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RichRogersIoT
@RichRogersIoT
"Don't underestimate the compounding awesomeness of continually fixing small broken things." - @rands https://t.co/0AhkB…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I've always envisioned the eminently punchable face of Tim Ferriss pictured next to Stross "straight white male, lowest difficulty there is"

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"he lived his life by the Holy Bible of Tim Ferriss’ 4 Hour Workweek" sweet Jesus how I've despised Tim Ferriss https://t.co/nVQsx9995K

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Finally got our Fidget cubes from kickstarter! Well, that was fun for approximately 52 seconds... https://t.co/KDl37VuGco
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Martina
@Martina
I have tremendous respect for men and the many roles they serve that are vital to the fabric of our society and our economy

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Imagine plugging a $200 box into your laptop / whatever that increases graphics performance 4x-10x. That's eGPU via Thunderbolt 3.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Set up external GPU via Thunderbolt 3 for the 1st time.. and it worked. Prices need to come down but it is AMAZING https://t.co/QCl8fYXSeU
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asymco
@asymco
The tax paid by each US cable/sat. subscriber for each type of sport. https://t.co/BYbPhSExyj

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
This gender role reversed debate is kinda blowing my mind. You should watch it. https://t.co/U3RWrexs65

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
What happened when gender roles were reversed in the Trump / Clinton debates? https://t.co/U3RWrexs65

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Guess who I did not see as a reasonable-ish politician

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I remain mystified and amazed at the number of people who viscerally hated Hillary Clinton's guts. I saw her as a reasonable-ish politician.
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mikko
@mikko
Five years ago, Internet Explorer was the most common web browser.
And Firefox still had a significant marketshare. https://t.c…
And Firefox still had a significant marketshare. https://t.c…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
oh my god this is totally white noise sleep assistance for geeks https://t.co/fZr9AuE0gX

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The ascendance of Africa this century makes me unreasonably happy. Here's a continent that, let's face it, got a raw deal from 1600-on
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dhmontgomery
@dhmontgomery
Love this map of how nearly every European country named syphilis after a neighbor they disliked: https://t.co/R1bqpPW0VB…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Got a love letter from my old pall Russ Walter https://t.co/lxIP1GHLgX https://t.co/JCAy4kYtJY

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"There was little advantage in reasoning clearly, while much was to be gained from winning arguments." https://t.co/7du8T5zCwF

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Every time I try to read a New Yorker article, I get Dieresis-ed right in the face https://t.co/Kl0rDb57ih

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
BASH may be the shittiest programming language ever. Really gives PHP a run for its money.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I suuuuper hate the "I find it convenient to do totally weird shit and it's ALL YOUR FAULT WHEN IT GOES WRONG!" guy
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robla
@robla
@codinghorror - I had to look up the video that Neil Cicierega sampled. So not disappointed https://t.co/86cIcXWbmi

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Think about.. the value.. and the usage.. of a computer.. with a THREE HUNDRED MEGABYTE hard drive https://t.co/wm8ZbEZgkL

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Big Bang Theory is hilarious, innit? https://t.co/PeekuCeOKK

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I enjoyed this overview of common sense security for SAAS companies https://t.co/nfh8Wl7hvG
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FastCompany
@FastCompany
"If someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they'd fallen in love." https://…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Nbd just reading some blog entries https://t.co/G9ljwuCAvX
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TheYear20XX
@TheYear20XX
🎶I'm a finch
🎶I'm a plover
🎶I'm a gull
🎶I'm a warbler
🎶It is true what you just heard
🎶I'm made of several birds
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ChuckWendig
@ChuckWendig
Here's your reminder that there is/was a Lyme vaccine for humans, but we can't get it because of early anti-vaxxers: https…
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Kirti_Thorat
@Kirti_Thorat
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kevindente
@kevindente
So apparently product/market fit for bitcoin is extortion?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@andybrk 16gb ram and 500gb disk would be insanely expensive in the cloud. It is even hard to get CPUs as fast as the meager i7-7500u

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@andybrk to get 16gb of ram you would need to be at $80/month. You get more cpus but same slow CPU speeds.. also 500gb disk

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I colocated a $600 Ali Express mini pc for $15/month and it is 2x faster than "the cloud" https://t.co/ylH5DqENq8
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TechnicallyRon
@TechnicallyRon
The new issue of furious twitter egg magazine is out tomorrow! Don't forget to pick up your copy! https://t.co/K7ITYWyb…
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DanielPink
@DanielPink
America, 2017: YMCA won’t let members watch cable news while working out anymore for ‘safety’ reasons ... https://t.co/DC1Q…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The great thing is someone sent me a PM opening with "you probably don't care" and https://t.co/mXoZIGjrlo
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
wow Halt and Catch Fire got mega serious in season 3, it's all like lol whee old computer nostalgia and then suddenly 😭

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I wish I had been a parent when I originally saw "Children of Men". A world without children, I had no idea how dark that vision was.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@chrisbratt @mathowie Slack was and is a ton better
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starsandrobots
@starsandrobots
We portray engineering as being a very sterile, logical process but I experience it mostly as focused dissatisfaction u…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
AMD Ryzen makes a pretty great server chip https://t.co/CZFMuIGSGx

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I am a fan of Emoji skin color choice, but I can't help feeling that anyone who doesn't choose the yellow default is a Simpsons racist
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jgjay
@jgjay
This awkwardly costumed child speaks the voice of half a nation. https://t.co/zgPGxuFj78

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@slashclee we did and it was a fucking disaster. do not recommend

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
by that I mean 99.9999% reliable, ultra redundant, etc file storage. I guess there's a reazon Amazon S3 was Amazon's first big service?

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
we have not found bare metal colocation to be difficult, with one exception: persistent file storage. That part, strangely, is quite hard.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
intriguing https://t.co/JKmWCsvD07

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
‘What sort of happiness is on offer, and what is the price we might pay to achieve it?’ https://t.co/l3CkcOu1ny

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I have super mixed feelings about this brave new world of "watch this 5 minute video to learn something you could have read in 15 seconds"
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BillB
@BillB
There's a downside to working on something big and important: https://t.co/AkHwOp7jY3

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The Shatner version is so much better than the Pulp original. Go figure. https://t.co/xOxE0nAC6d

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Did I ever tell you about that one time I checked in a robots.txt that deindexed all Stack Overflow content from Google? Kinda awesome.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
it's like, "I'm just gonna scroll until I see Morrissey". Oh yes there we go, of course.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
reading these "x greatest song/albums" lists from England is always an interesting exercise in cultural differences https://t.co/MdGcZ81JkU

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
We wanna be free
We wanna be free to do .. what we wanna do
And we wanna get loaded
And we wanna have a good time
https://t.co/jgTmuCoPBq
We wanna be free to do .. what we wanna do
And we wanna get loaded
And we wanna have a good time
https://t.co/jgTmuCoPBq

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
If ✅🐎🔋🖇️ is (roughly) analogous to "correct horse battery staple".. then Chinese is ... kinda like.. talking in emoji? https://t.co/3q04rDvNqP
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Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
it just occurred to me that correct horse battery staple is a 4 character password in Chinese? https://t.co/rB54Yuoktr

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Very happy @bmeurer is working on Chrome/Android JS perf issues. This hurt us immensely (10x!) on mobile. https://t.co/tHS9E9WAVr
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secretGeek
@secretGeek
I've done it. I've created the ultimate star wars t-shirt. https://t.co/wrVWIc1iyJ https://t.co/rptNYkjdQZ

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"The number of times you've posted in a given topic is not a leaderboard; it's a record of failing to communicate." https://t.co/X3dFR3l3BG

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
When I put on my product manager polo shirt for @discourse and describe what I want our first run experience to look like in 2017 https://t.co/lPr0l6NHGr
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ClickHole
@ClickHole
This Inspiring Nonprofit Sends People Into The Amazon Rain Forest To Teach Indigenous Tribes Who Super Mario Is https://t.co…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
The old adage that "premium" xtra memory speed does not matter is.. less true today. https://t.co/VJo7eTEB1q https://t.co/pBOrUiXzpf

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
I just installed 3600 Mhz DDR4 and I am all hopped up on Hot Fries so basically I can do anything rn

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
<screaming, through tears> I don't have a problem I can STOP ANY TIME I WANT https://t.co/FEIvl14u7c
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johndaguerra
@johndaguerra
This avocado's global illumination was baked in even though it's a dynamic object. Classic tech art mistake https://t.co/…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"I get it. It is an object going into a hole. Now please, stop sending me messages about it." https://t.co/84tBl3bEEx

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
It's almost like having people throw millions of dollars at you and tell you that you are a god kinda .. starts to turn you into an a-hole

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
@han0z that's *exactly* the kind of guy he is, too.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
"Kamel gives him one star." ICE .. COLD .. https://t.co/q6Yu3tdzeW
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eviltrout
@eviltrout
Are you a woman, from an underrepresented group and/or a student interested in developing Discourse? Read this: https://t.co…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Hello, my name is Jeff. I am humble, but also, I brag.

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Hey @standardnotes, @discourse supports data privacy and ownership out of the box. https://t.co/ntCvVBDCtn
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borzou
@borzou
This man took two bullets to try to save the lives of two strangers at a bar. He is an America hero and deserves White House re…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Micromorts! https://t.co/EHH7ptbzJr
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SuperDalgas
@SuperDalgas
To those who think it's a good idea to put your IP CCTV cameras on the Internet STOP IT! You are part of the problem https…
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fmg_twtr
@fmg_twtr
Must read: When Evidence Says No, But Doctors Say Yes https://t.co/dSWGZNQcwb?
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Maryellen
@Maryellen
I've thought about "The Girl Who Accidentally Sent the Pic of Nic Cage Instead of Her Résumé" approximately 1x/day for the l…
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ghewgill
@ghewgill
@codinghorror My daughter found my stack of stickers and improved her lunchbox https://t.co/0wHm79Y5I6
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JessieJessup
@JessieJessup
Bill Paxton directed and was featured in one of the greatest music videos of all time. FISH HEADS. Thank you sir. This is…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
Ryzen up, back on the street
Did the time, took the chances
Went the distance, now back on their feet
Just AMD and their will to survive
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paulg
@paulg
This image shows how polarized the US senate has become. It's going to be hard to repair. https://t.co/g9DIWvlCy3
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amyjokim
@amyjokim
What do @RichardGarriott @veen & @codinghorror have in common? They're our next 3 episodes - subscribe now https://t.co/aAocd…

Jeff Atwood
@codinghorror
For some reason I thought it would be a good idea to watch the 1995 movie Congo, since I missed it originally. https://t.co/awJiFXuYvf
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